A ‘Hitchcock-style thriller’ for baritone and soprano, Nigredo Hotel is “the story of a neurosurgeon, a man of science, who has lost his soul. One night he thinks he has hit a child on the road and hides out in a decrepit, Hitchcockian motel run by a monstrous concierge called Sophie. The terrifying crone — his anima — locks him into his room an...
Proving Up, based on a story by Karen Russell, is an opera about the American Dream, told through the story of Nebrasken homesteaders in the 1870s. A family dreams of "proving up" and obtaining the deed to the land they've settled. They obsessively list the requirements of the Homestead Act: five years of harvest, a sod house dwelling, and perha...
Based on a short story by Judy Budnitz, Dog Days tells a post-apocalyptic tale of a typical American family. The country has fallen into chaos as an undefined war rages on U.S. soil. Roads are closed except for military use. There is no work. Progressively, the schools close. Food runs ou...
Seul dans sa chambre d'hôtel, Ray craint d'avoir heurté quelqu'un avec sa voiture sur la route. Après avoir craint qu'il ne s'agisse d'un enfant, il se convainc que ce n'était qu'un raton laveur.
Ray essaie frénétiquement de se calmer en récitant un jargon scientifique, tandis qu'un être prétendant être son propre enfant essaie d'ouvrir la porte.